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The 5 Dimensions of Engaged
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Engaged teaching recognizes that
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Integrate teaching practices that incorporate digital, media, and global-based
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Teach your students to thrive in the
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Mastering Global Literacy
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Discover how educators can cultivate
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Teaching the iGeneration
5 Easy Ways to Introduce Essential Skills
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Find the natural overlap between the
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Enriched Learning Projects
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Bringing Innovation to School
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21st Century Skills
Rethinking How Students Learn
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Examine the Framework for 21st Century
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Think Big,Start Small
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Differentiation and the Brain
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Learn how to implement differentiation
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Assessment
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A Fresh Look at Grading and
Reporting in High Schools
By Sandra Herbst and Anne Davies
Understand what must take place
before, during, and after learning
to communicate student progress
to students, parents, and other
stakeholders. 112 pages
43BCBBKF528 $19.95
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Common Formative Assessment
A Toolkit for Professional Learning
Communities at Work

By Kim Bailey and Chris Jakicic

Foreword by Richard DuFour
and Rebecca DuFour
The catalyst for real student improvement
begins with a decision to implement
common formative assessments. In
this conversational guide, the authors
offer tools, templates, and protocols
to incorporate common formative
assessments into the practices of a PLC
to monitor and enhance student learning.
144 pages
43BCBBKF538 $24.95
ISBN 978-1-936765-14-0
Embedded Formative
Assessment
By Dylan Wiliam
Bestseller Emphasizing the instructional
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200 pages
43BCBBKF418 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-30-7
Balanced Assessment
From Formative to Summative
By Kay Burke
Learn how to integrate formative and
summative assessments seamlessly
into instruction. Research, rationale,
strategies, and examples help teachers
develop their own repertoire of
assessments to monitor, grade, and
gauge a students ability to meet
standards and curriculum goals.
176 pages
43BCBBKF272 $24.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-52-9
Using Formative Assessment in
the RTI Framework
By Kay Burke and Eileen Depka
Understand the basics of RTI and its
connection to formative assessment,
and adjust instruction to increase
levels of student understanding and
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and techniques presented in this practical
guide. 144 pages
43BCBBKF369 $24.95
ISBN 978-1-935249-74-0
Redefning Fair
How to Plan, Assess, and Grade for
Excellence in Mixed-Ability Classrooms
By Damian Cooper
Foreword by Michael Fullan
Learn how to defne profciency
accurately and differentiate to help
all students achieve it. Using stories,
strategies, case histories, and sample
documents, the author explains how
to implement equitable instruction,
assessment, grading, and reporting
practices for diverse 21st century learners.
200 pages
43BCBBKF412 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-935542-14-8
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Grading
A Guide to Effective Practice
Online Course
Presenters: Kristine Nielsen
and Douglas B. Reeves
Included ebook: Elements of Grading
Ensure that your grading systems are
accurate, fair, specifc, and timely. Learn
processes for evaluating your current
grading system, discussing contentious
grading issues with colleagues, and
engaging all stakeholders in the feedback
and grading process.
CEUs: 43BCBKDS028 $279.00
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Elements of Grading
A Guide to Effective Practice
By DouglasB. Reeves
Learn several strategies for improving
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common arguments against reform. With
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accuracy, fairness, specifcity, and
timelinessand also make the process
quicker and more effcient. 152 pages
43BCBBKF410 $24.95
ISBN 978-1-935542-12-4
Grading and Learning
Practices That Support Student
Achievement
By SusanM. Brookhart
Grades should refect and motivate
learning. This book is relatable, relevant,
and effective in improving educators
assessment and reporting processes and
supporting students motivation to learn.
Clear, concrete examples help translate
state standards into curriculum goals.
168 pages
43BCBBKF457 $24.95
ISBN 978-1-935542-84-1
Quality Assessment in
High Schools
Accounts From Teachers
Edited by Anne Davies, Sandra Herbst,
and Kathy Busick
Discover how to increase the effcacy of
your assessment practices and motivate
students to take ownership of their
learning. 200 pages
43BCBBKF526 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-935543-97-8
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Ahead of the Curve
The Power of Assessment to Transform
Teaching and Learning
Edited by DouglasB. Reeves
Bestseller Get the anthology that offers
the ideas and recommendations of many
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perspectives on effective assessment
design and implementation culminate
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improve student achievement and inform
instruction. 280 pages; hardcover
43BCBBKF232 $34.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-06-2
The Teacher as
Assessment Leader
Edited by ThomasR. Guskey
By Cassandra Erkens, WilliamM. Ferriter,
Michelle Goodwin, Tammy Hefebower,
Tom Hierck, Chris Jakicic, SharonV. Kramer,
Jeffry Overlie, AinsleyB. Rose,
NicoleDimich Vagle, and Adam Young
Meaningful examples, expert research,
and real-life experiences illustrate the
capacity and responsibility every educator
has to ignite positive change. Packed
with practical strategies for designing,
analyzing, and using assessments, this
book shows how to turn best practices
into usable solutions. 280 pages
43BCBBKF345 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-49-9
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Response to Intervention
Response to Intervention
Pyramid Response
to Intervention
RTI, Professional Learning Communities,
and How to Respond When Kids
Dont Learn
By Austin Buffum, Mike Mattos,
and Chris Weber
Foreword by Richard DuFour
Bestseller Accessible language and
compelling K12 stories illustrate how
RTI is most effective when built on the
Professional Learning Communities at
Work

process. 248 pages

43BCBBKF251 $27.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-33-8
Pyramid Response
to Intervention
How to Respond When Kids
Dont Learn
Online Course
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and Chris Weber
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RTI experts take you through the critical
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Pyramid of Behavior
Interventions
Seven Keys to a Positive Learning
Environment
By Tom Hierck, Charlie Coleman,
and Chris Weber
Students thrive when educators hold
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academics. This book shows how to use a
three-tiered pyramid of behavior supports
to create a school culture and classroom
climates in which learning is primed to
occur. 132 pages
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ISBN 978-1-936765-06-5
Pyramid Response
to Intervention
Four Essential Guiding Principles
Featuring Austin Buffum, Mike Mattos,
and Chris Weber
Bestseller Shift to a culture of collective
responsibility and ensure a path of
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to student achievement, this powerful
four-part program will help you collect
targeted information on students
individual needs and guide you to build
effcient team structures. Four 20-minute
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43BCBDVF057 $595.00
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RTI in the Early Grades
Intervention Strategies for Mathematics,
Literacy, Behavior & Fine-Motor
Challenges
By Chris Weber
Explore why intervention and support for
struggling students in the early grades
are essential to student success. Teachers
and support personnel will discover
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in the early grades and learn what this
prevention looks like. 208 pages;
grades K3
43BCBBKF572 $29.95
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Simplifying Response
to Intervention
Four Essential Guiding Principles
By Austin Buffum, Mike Mattos,
and Chris Weber
Bestseller The sequel to Pyramid
Response to Intervention advocates that
effective RTI begins by asking the right
questions to create a fundamentally
effective learning environment for every
student. Understand why paperwork-
heavy, compliance-oriented, test-score-
driven approaches fail. Then learn how to
create an RTI model that works.
232 pages
43BCBBKF506 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-935543-65-7
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Response to Intervention
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RTI & Differentiated Reading in
the K8 Classroom
By WilliamN. Bender and Laura Waller
Transition from traditional whole-group
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and technology. 208 pages
43BCBBKF363 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-935249-68-9
Beyond the RTI Pyramid
Solutions for the First Years
of Implementation
By WilliamN. Bender
This book helps schools deepen the RTI
experience by extending the processes
beyond initial implementation. Examples
from real schools show how to apply
RTI in reading, math, and behavior at
elementary and secondary schools.
232 pages
43BCBBKF280 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-12-3
RTI in Middle and High Schools
By WilliamN. Bender
This targeted resource discusses the
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Based on numerous real-world case
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248 pages; grades 612
43BCBBKF271 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-51-2
How RTI Works in
Secondary Schools
Building a Framework for Success
By Holly Windram, Kerry Bollman,
and Sara Johnson
After addressing the unique response
to intervention challenges faced by
those working in a secondary school,
the authors outline three imperative
components of a successful RTI program
and then provide action steps and
examples illustrating how to incorporate
each within the different RTI tiers.
240 pages; grades 612
43BCBBKF459 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-935542-87-2
Understanding Response
to Intervention
A Practical Guide to Systemic
Implementation
By Robert Howell, Sandra Patton,
and Margaret Deiotte
Whether you want a basic understanding
of RTI or desire thorough knowledge for
district-level implementation, you need
this book. Understand the nuts and
bolts of RTI. Follow clear examples of
effective practices that include systems
and checklists to assess your RTI progress.
224 pages
43BCBBKF253 $27.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-34-5
RTI in Math
Practical Guidelines for
Elementary Teachers
By WilliamN. Bender and Darlene Crane
Explore common student diffculties in
math, and see a three-tier RTI model in
action. The authors provide an overview
of research, detailed guidance through
each stage of implementation, tools for
refection and growth, and discussion of
support strategies beyond the classroom.
216 pages; grades K5
43BCBBKF279 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-54-3
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Assertive Discipline

Positive Behavior Management

for Todays Classroom
By Lee Canter
4th Edition This book contains the best
concepts and teacher-tested strategies
by the author. New content includes a
special emphasis on the needs of new
and struggling teachers. The author
also introduces a real-time coaching
model and explains how to establish
a schoolwide Assertive Discipline

program. 176 pages
43BCBBKF246 $24.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-15-4
Assertive Discipline

Positive Behavior Management

for Todays Classroom
Featuring Lee Canter
Aligned with the fourth edition of the
book Assertive Discipline

, this DVD set

features classroom scenes with teachers
modeling the Assertive Discipline

program. The DVDs contain fve training
sessions and the Facilitators Guide in
electronic format. Five 20-minute DVDs;
56-page Facilitators Guide (in print and
on CD)
43BCBDVF017 $495.00
UPC 811796010308
Behave Yourself!
Helping Students Plan to Do Better
By Ambrose Panico
Foreword by Richard L. Curwin
Learn specifc strategies for developing
behavior intervention plans (BIPs) that
lead to long-term, positive change for
general and special education students.
The author outlines a practical fve-step
Plan to Do Better approach and provides
reproducibles that ease the information-
gathering process. 120 pages
43BCBBKF267 $19.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-41-3
Teaching Self-Control
A Curriculum for Responsible Behavior
By Martin Henley
2nd Edition When students lack
basic social skills for controlling their
behavior and getting along with others,
the solution is simple and direct. Use
the same skills you bring to teaching
mathematics, reading, and science to
incorporate this social skills curriculum
that builds self-control. 208 pages;
grades K8
43BCBBKF147 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-932127-12-6
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Motivating Students
25 Strategies to Light the Fire
of Engagement
By Carolyn Chapman
and Nicole Dimich Vagle
Learn why students disengage and how
to motivate them to achieve success with
a fve-step framework. Research-based
strategies and fun activities, along with
tips and troubleshooting advice, show
how to instill a lasting love of learning in
students of any age. 240 pages
43BCBBKF371 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-935249-78-8
Power Struggles
Successful Techniques for Educators
By AllenN. Mendler and BrianD. Mendler
2nd Edition Regain the focus of
challenging students with this practical
resource on classroom management,
discipline, and motivation. The dedicated
authors re-examine the root causes of
student misbehavior and offer a range
of easy-to-implement instructions and
activities to prevent and defuse future
disruptive moments. 96 pages
43BCBBKF480 $17.95
ISBN 978-1-935543-20-6
What Do I Do When . . . ?
How to Achieve Discipline With Dignity
in the Classroom
By AllenN. Mendler
Understand the principles that place
dignity at the core of classroom
management, and explore what
motivates misbehavior. This book also
provides unique, effective strategies for
dealing with power struggles, working
with parents, and making a positive
impact on schoolwide discipline.
192 pages
43BCBBKF230 $24.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-07-9
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Powerful Strategies to Promote
Positive Behavior
By AllenN. Mendler
Counter negative student behavior with
positive actions that preserve dignity.
This practical resource offers educators
60 powerful prevention, intervention,
and motivational strategies that have
been tested in schools worldwide. Teach
responsible behavior, handle power
struggles successfully, establish effective
rules and consequences, and more!
184 pages
43BCBBKF231 $24.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-43-7
Discipline With Dignity for
Challenging Youth
By AllenN. Mendler and RichardL. Curwin
Create positive change in your most
challenging students with the help of
practical strategies found in this resource.
The authors share proven practices for
classroom discipline, reveal reasons
why students misbehave, and offer 21
effective drug-free ways to help students
with ADHD. 192 pages
43BCBBKF229 $24.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-25-3
Discipline With Dignity
A Plan for Prevention, Action, and
Resolution of Challenging Classroom
Behaviors
Featuring RichardL. Curwin
and AllenN. Mendler
The long-term goal of the Discipline With
Dignity

program is to teach students

responsibility, self-discipline, and self-
control. With this DVD set, learn a variety
of techniques to help students feel
connected, competent, and empowered,
and teach them to have empathy for
othersall while having fun! Three
20-minute DVDs; 114-page Facilitators
Guide (in print and on CD)
43BCBDVF013 $395.00
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Special Needs
Special Needs
Critical Conversations
in Co-Teaching
A Problem-Solving Approach
By Carrie Chapman and Cate HartHyatt
In this practitioners guide to building
quality collaborative relationships, the
authors explain co-teaching models
and how co-teaching fts within school
improvement initiatives. Through
practical examples and real-life stories,
they present the critical conversations
framework designed to foster dramatic
improvements in the way co-teachers
communicate. 176 pages
43BCBBKF428 $24.95
ISBN 978-1-935542-32-2
Inclusion Strategies & Interventions
By TobyJ. Karten
Inclusion means more than just preparing students to pass standardized tests
and increasing academic levels. In inclusive classrooms, students with special
educational needs are treated as integral members of the general education
environment. Gain strategies to offer the academic, social, emotional, and
behavioral benefts that allow all students to achieve their highest potential.
208 pages
43BCBBKF381 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-935543-23-7
When Actions Speak Louder
Than Words
Understanding the Challenging Behaviors
of Young Children and Students With
Disabilities
By Kim Davis and SusanD. Dixon
Build your understanding of behavior as
communication, and learn to interpret
the messages behind the actions. This
book provides information and tools to
support all children whose primary way
to communicate is through challenging
behaviors. 216 pages; grades K6
43BCBBKF274 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-60-4
The School Leaders Guide to
Special Education
By MargaretJ. McLaughlin
and Kristin Ruedel
3rd Edition You have IEPs and BIPs in
place, but are they really working? Find
a refresher on the key legal rights of
students with disabilities, along with
methods for designing and implementing
IEPs and BIPs that work, approaches
to creating effective instruction and
assessment practices, and more.
112 pages; grades K8
43BCBBKF453 $19.95
ISBN 978-1-935542-81-0
A Joint Publication With the National
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Youth at Risk
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Boys in Poverty
A Framework for Understanding Dropout
By RubyK. Payne and PaulD. Slocumb
Foreword by Michael Gurian
Examine risk factors for dropout
among boys living in poverty, especially
generational poverty. The book
structures issues according to boys
physical, emotional, cognitive, and social
development and also explores the
unique problems of sensitive, gay, gifted,
ADHD, and postadolescent males.
160 pages
43BCBBKF383 $24.95
ISBN 978-1-935542-22-3
Teaching Boys in Poverty
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Why Culture Counts
Teaching Children of Poverty
By Donna WalkerTileston
and SandraK. Darling
Foreword by Belinda Williams
Afterword by Rosilyn Carroll
Learn a four-step research-based program
for differentiating instruction based on
the cultural needs, beliefs, and values
of diverse learners. The authors show
you how to build teacher background
knowledge; plan for differentiation; and
differentiate context, content, process,
product, and assessment. 216 pages
43BCBBKF255 $24.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-24-6
Breaking the Poverty Barrier
Changing Student Lives With Passion,
Perseverance, and Performance
By Ricardo LeBlanc-Esparza
and WilliamS. Roulston
Strong leadership, parent involvement,
mentoring, data-based intervention, and
high expectations are known factors in
student success. This book illustrates the
specifc strategies and critical steps that
transformed a school with shockingly
low profciency into a National Showcase
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43BCBBKF476 $29.95
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Our Hope for the Future
By LarryK. Brendtro, Martin Brokenleg,
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Foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Bestseller Revised Edition A balance
of wisdom drawn from Native American
philosophies and Western psychology,
this book offers a unique perspective for
connecting with troubled students. It
challenges educators to see youth at risk
through new eyes and offers compelling,
concrete alternatives for reclaiming them.
174 pages
43BCBBKF116 $19.95
ISBN 978-1-879639-86-7
Closing the RTI Gap
Why Poverty and Culture Count
By Donna Walker Tileston
Get a clear understanding of poverty
and culture, and learn how RTI can close
achievement gaps related to these issues.
Learn how you can achieve successful
implementation in your school. Examine
common pitfalls to avoid in the process.
168 pages
43BCBBKF330 $19.95
ISBN 978-1-935249-38-2
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School Improvement
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The Handbook for SMART School Teams
Revitalizing Best Practices for Collaboration
By Anne E. Conzemius and Jan ONeill
Foreword by Stephanie Hirsh
2nd Edition Prepare your students for the future while juggling the expectations
of multiple stakeholders! A fresh take on the classic frst edition, this guide
defnes and advocates SMART goalsgoals that are Strategic and specifc,
Measurable, Attainable, Results oriented, and Time bound. 352 pages
43BCBBKF573 $34.95
ISBN 978-1-936764-78-5
The Power of SMART Goals
Using Goals to Improve Student Learning
By Jan ONeill and AnneE. Conzemius
With Carol Commodore and Carol Pulsfus
This easy-to-read guide will help your
staff set effective goals that lead to real
results. Four success stories illustrate
how to transform challenges into
opportunities for learning using an
approach that is Strategic and specifc,
Measurable, Attainable, Results based,
and Time bound. Thats SMART!
232 pages
43BCBBKF207 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-932127-87-4
More Than a SMART Goal
Staying Focused on Student Learning
By AnneE. Conzemius
and Terry Morganti-Fisher
Successful school improvement efforts
not only set SMART goals, but also align
them to the school improvement process,
curriculum, instruction, assessment
practices, mandates, and professional
development. Understand how to
properly use the SMART goal process to
effect change. 160 pages
43BCBBKF482 $24.95
ISBN 978-1-935543-24-4
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The Will to Lead,the Skill
to Teach
Transforming Schools at Every Level
By Anthony Muhammad
and Sharroky Hollie
School improvement begins with
self-examination and honest dialogue
about socialization, bias, discrimination,
and cultural insensitivity. The authors
acknowledge both the structural and
sociological issues that contribute to
low-performing schools and offer multiple
tools and strategies to assess and improve
classroom management, increase literacy,
establish academic vocabulary, and
contribute to a healthier school culture.
176 pages
43BCBBKF443 $19.95
ISBN 978-1-935542-54-4
Transforming School Culture
How to Overcome Staff Division
By Anthony Muhammad
Foreword by Richard DuFour
Bestseller Busy administrators will
appreciate this quick read packed
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This book provides the framework for
understanding dynamic relationships
within a school culture and ensuring a
positive environment that supports the
changes necessary to improve learning
for all students. The author explores
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conditions, and history to reveal best
practices for building healthy school
cultures. 144 pages
43BCBBKF281 $19.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-45-1
Transforming School Culture
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Building a Culture of Hope
Enriching Schools With Optimism
and Opportunity
By Robert D. Barr and Emily L. Gibson
Discover a blueprint for turning low-
performing schools into Cultures of
Hope! The authors draw from their own
experiences working with high-poverty,
high-achieving schools to illustrate how
to support students with an approach
that considers social as well as emotional
factors. 288 pages
43BCBBKF503 $34.95
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The Kids Left Behind
Catching Up the Underachieving
Children of Poverty
By RobertD. Barr and WilliamH. Parrett
Foreword by Kati Haycock
Successfully reach and teach the
underachieving children of poverty with
the help of this comprehensive resource.
The authors compiled research reveals
practical, usable, best-practice strategies
you can implement at district, school, and
classroom levels. 276 pages
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Got Data? Now What?
Creating and Leading Cultures of Inquiry
By Laura Lipton and Bruce Wellman
Complete with survey questions for
effcient data collection, group work
structures, strategies, and toolsalong
with essential defnitions and descriptions
of data typesthis compelling guide will
help you confront data obstacles and
turn struggling committees into powerful
communities of learners. 144 pages
43BCBBKF530 $24.95
ISBN 978-1-936765-03-4
Data Dynamics
Aligning Teacher Team, School,
& District Efforts
By EdieL. Holcomb
Examine the ways your school can
better use student achievement data,
nonacademic student data, staff data,
and parent/community data to identify
areas for improvement. Designed to help
administrators and leaders, this book also
details how teachers can use good data
to monitor and motivate students.
224 pages
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Professional Learning Communities at Work
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Cultures Built to Last

Systemic PLCs at Work

By Richard DuFour and Michael Fullan

Bestseller Take your professional learning community to the next level! Discover
a systemwide approach for re-envisioning your PLC while sustaining growth and
continuing momentum on your journey. Youll move beyond isolated pockets of
excellence while allowing every person in your school systemfrom teachers and
administrators to studentsthe opportunity to be an instrument of lasting cultural
change. 104 pages
43BCBBKF579 $19.95
ISBN 978-1-936764-74-7
Revisiting Professional Learning
Communities at Work

New Insights for Improving Schools

By Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour,
and Robert Eaker
Bestseller This 10th-anniversary sequel
to the pivotal book Professional Learning
Communities at Work

offers advanced
insights on deep implementation, the
commitment/consensus issue, and
the human side of PLCs. Gain greater
knowledge of common mistakes to avoid
and new discoveries for success.
544 pages
43BCBBKF252 $34.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-32-1
Creating a Professional Learning
Community at Work

Foundational Concepts and Practices

Online Course
Presenters: Rebecca DuFour
and Richard DuFour
Included ebook: Revisiting Professional
Learning Communities at Work

Explore the essential questions of a PLC,

and experience the PLC journey in action!
Learn with educators new to the process,
as PLC at Work

architects Richard
DuFour and Rebecca DuFour help them
structure their new school as a PLC.
CEUs: 43BCBKDS038 $279.00
3 Semester Hours: 43BCBKDS039 $499.00
Learning by Doing
A Handbook for Professional Learning
Communities at Work

By Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour,

Robert Eaker, and ThomasW. Many
Bestseller 2nd Edition This book is an
action guide for closing the knowing-
doing gap and transforming schools into
PLCs. It includes seven major additions
that equip educators with essential tools
for confronting challenges. 296 pages
43BCBBKF416 $34.95
ISBN 978-1-935542-09-4
Collaborative Teams in
Professional Learning
Communities at Work

Learning by Doing
Featuring Richard DuFour,
Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker,
and Thomas W. Many
Bestseller This short program shows
exactly what collaborative teams do.
Aligned with the best-selling book
Learning by Doing, the video features
unscripted footage of collaboration
in action. Learn how teams organize,
interact, and fnd time to meet; what
products they produce; and more.
30-minute DVD; 40-page Facilitators
Guide (in print and on CD)
43BCBDVF023 $174.95
UPC 811796010285
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Professional Learning Communities at Work
Professional Learning Communities at Work

Making Teamwork Meaningful

Leading Progress-Driven Collaboration
in a PLC at Work

By WilliamM. Ferriter, Parry Graham,

and Matt Wight
Focus on developing peoplenot just
improving test scores. The authors
examine how staffng decisions can
strengthen professional learning
communities and explore actions that
can help school leaders safeguard their
schools against complacency. 128 pages
43BCBBKF548 $24.95
ISBN 978-1-936765-29-4
Building a Professional Learning
Community at Work

A Guide to the First Year

By Parry Graham and WilliamM. Ferriter
Foreword by Richard DuFour
and Rebecca DuFour
This play-by-play guide to implementing
PLC concepts uses a story to focus each
chapter. The authors analyze the story,
highlighting good decisions and mistakes.
They offer research behind best practice
and wrap up each chapter with practical
recommendations and tools. 240 pages
43BCBBKF273 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-59-8
The Power of Professional
Learning Communities at Work

Bringing the Big Ideas to Life

Featuring Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker,
and Rebecca DuFour
Bestseller This four-program video series
takes you inside eight diverse schools,
where teachers and administrators
engage in candid conversations and
collaborative team meetings. See how
successful schools radically improve
student learning, and learn the
fundamentals of PLCs with this powerful,
fun staff development tool. Four
20-minute programs on 4 DVDs; CD
with presentations; 70-page Facilitators
Guide (in print and on CD)
43BCBDVF052 $595.00
UPC 811796010483
Passion and Persistence
How to Develop a Professional Learning
Community
By Richard DuFour
Bestseller Motivate staff with the
inspirational video featured in many of
Dr. DuFours keynote presentations. A
display of memorable quotes, calls to
action, and quips set to music, Passion
and Persistence serves as a refective
pause on the PLC journey. 7-minute DVD
43BCBDVF008 $24.95
UPC 811796010117
The Collaborative Teacher
Working Together as a Professional
Learning Community
By Cassandra Erkens, Chris Jakicic,
LillieG. Jessie, Dennis King,
SharonV. Kramer, ThomasW. Many,
MaryAnn Ranells, AinsleyB. Rose,
SusanK. Sparks, and Eric Twadell
Foreword by Rebecca DuFour
Introduction by Richard DuFour
Transform education from inside the
classroom with this accessible anthology.
Specifc techniques, supporting research,
and real classroom stories illustrate how
to work together to create a guaranteed
and viable curriculum and use data to
inform instruction. 232 pages
43BCBBKF257 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-36-9
The Collaborative Administrator
Working Together as a Professional
Learning Community
By Austin Buffum, Cassandra Erkens,
Charles Hinman, Susan Huff,
LillieG. Jessie, TerriL. Martin,
Mike Mattos, Anthony Muhammad,
Peter Noonan, Geri Parscale, Eric Twadell,
Jay Westover, and KennethC. Williams
Foreword by Robert Eaker
Introduction by Richard DuFour
In a culture of shared leadership, the
administrators role is more important
than ever. This book addresses your
toughest challenges with practical
strategies and inspiring insight.
264 pages
43BCBBKF256 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-37-6
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Professional Learning Communities at Work
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A Joint Publication With

the National Association of
Elementary School Principals
The School Leaders Guide
to Professional Learning
Communities at Work
TM
By Richard DuFour and Rebecca DuFour
Are you a K8 principal looking to
implement the PLC at Work

process?
Explore the components needed to lay
the foundation, including how to develop
a structure that supports collaborative
teams, how to focus on effective
monitoring strategies, and more.
120 pages; grades K8
43BCBBKF489 $19.95
ISBN 978-1-935543-36-7
The Five Disciplines of
PLC Leaders
By TimothyD. Kanold
Foreword by Richard DuFour
Effective leadership in a professional
learning community requires practice,
patience, and skill. Through engaging
examples and accessible language, this
book offers a focused framework that
will help educators maintain balance and
consistent vision as they strengthen the
skills of PLC leadership. 210 pages
43BCBBKF495 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-935543-42-8
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Leading by Design
An Action Framework for
PLC at Work

Leaders
By Cassandra Erkens and Eric Twadell
Foreword by Richard DuFour
After interviewing and observing
principals, administrators, and teachers,
the authors identify seven leadership
practices that effective PLC leaders share,
along with the techniques that have led
them to sustainable success. 216 pages
43BCBBKF430 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-935542-29-2
Every School,Every Team,
Every Classroom
District Leadership for Growing
Professional Learning Communities
at Work

By Robert Eaker and Janel Keating

The PLC journey begins with a dedication
to ensuring the learning of every student.
Using many examples and reproducible
tools, the authors explain the need to
focus on creating simultaneous top-down
and bottom-up leadership. Learn how to
grow PLCs by encouraging innovation at
every level. 240 pages
43BCBBKF534 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-936765-09-6
Leading Diffcult Conversations
Featuring Richard DuFour
and Rebecca DuFour
Bestseller Gain strategies for addressing
the conficts that can result from
transforming a school into a professional
learning community. Learn how to
hold conversations that lead staff to
understand that best practice is to work
collaboratively and collectively in high-
performing teams. 30-minute DVD with
presentation; 32-page Facilitators Guide
(in print and on CD)
43BCBDVF047 $174.95
UPC 811796010537
Leadership in Professional
Learning Communities at Work

Learning by Doing
Featuring Richard DuFour,
Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker,
and ThomasW. Many
Bestseller Watch leaders in action within
a PLC. This short program for PLC leaders
uses unscripted interviews and footage
from schools to illustrate the role of
effective leadership, particularly from the
principal, in embedding PLC practices
and values in a school. 32-minute DVD;
32-page Facilitators Guide (in print and
on CD)
43BCBDVF024 $174.95
UPC 811796010292
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Professional Learning Communities at Work
Professional Learning Communities at Work

A Leaders Companion
Inspiration for Professional Learning
Communities at Work

By Robert Eaker, Rebecca DuFour,

and Richard DuFour
Treat yourself to daily moments of
refection with inspirational quotes
collected from a decade of work by
renowned PLC experts. The uplifting
wisdom inside this book will fuel your
passion to be a leader in your PLC.
136 pages; hardcover
43BCBBKF227 $12.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-05-5
The Journey to Becoming a
Professional Learning Community
By Janel Keating, Robert Eaker, Richard DuFour, and Rebecca DuFour
Perfect for visual learners, the road map banner and accompanying
booklet guide educators through critical issues that may arise during
their journey to becoming a PLC. 1 color 7-foot vinyl banner; 2 black-
and-white 7-foot paper banners; 3 process booklets
43BCBBKF260 $89.95
ISBN 978-1-934009-39-0
Professional Learning
Communities at Work

Best Practices for Enhancing

Student Achievement
By Richard DuFour and Robert Eaker
Bestseller The book that launched a
school improvement movement offers
research-based recommendations drawn
from best practices still found in schools
nationwide. Readers gain specifc,
practical how-to information about
transforming schools into learning-
focused, results-oriented PLCs.
358 pages
43BCBBKF032 $29.95
ISBN 978-1-879639-60-7
Through New Eyes
Examining the Culture of Your School
Featuring Richard DuFour
Bestseller Explore the differences
between a traditional school and a
professional learning community from
a students perspective. Perfect for
constructing a four-hour training session,
this engaging video includes step-by-
step instructions, guiding questions, and
group activities. 30-minute DVD;
44-page Facilitators Guide
43BCBDVF007 $174.95
UPC 811796010018
Getting Started
Reculturing Schools to Become
Professional Learning Communities
By Robert Eaker, Richard DuFour,
and Rebecca DuFour
Bestseller Get answers to the most
common question posed by educators
seeking to build and sustain a PLC:
Where do we begin? Readers access a
solid conceptual framework and concrete
illustrations of how schools operate when
they are functioning as PLCs. 200 pages
43BCBBKF120 $24.95
ISBN 978-1-879639-89-8
Raising the Bar and Closing
the Gap
Whatever It Takes
By Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour,
Robert Eaker, and Gayle Karhanek
Bestseller This expansion of Whatever
It Takes uses case studies to sharpen the
focus on the pyramid of interventions
strategy, present new insights, and
explain how PLC intervention processes
align with RTI legislation. 256 pages
43BCBBKF378 $24.95
ISBN 978-1-935249-84-9
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Help all students become high-achieving mathematics learners. Gain a strong
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District Leadership That Works
Striking the Right Balance
By RobertJ. Marzano and Timothy Waters
Bridge the divide between administrative
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building-level staff the stylistic freedom
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How District, School, and Classroom
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Bestseller Together, the authors
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address how individual teachers can be
most effective in leading students
by learning with colleagues how to
implement the most promising pedagogy
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ISBN 978-1-935542-66-7
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Working With Diffcult &
Resistant Staff
By JohnF. Eller and SheilaA. Eller
Identify, confront, and manage all of the
diffcult and resistant staff you encounter.
This book will help school leaders
understand how to prevent and address
negative staff behaviors to ensure positive
school change. 144 pages
43BCBBKF407 $24.95
ISBN 978-1-935542-07-0
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